| Cisco Buys IronPort
Cisco today turned its security strategy in a new, application-oriented direction, acquiring messaging security vendor IronPort Systems for $830 million in cash and stock. IronPort, a five-year-old, privately held company, makes appliances for Web security and management, but it is best known for its email security appliances, which help filter spam and detect malware in large and small enterprises as well as Internet service providers. Eight of the top 10 ISPs, as well as large enterprises such as JetBlue Airways, are IronPort users. The move is something of a departure for Cisco, which has acquired many security vendors over the years but has generally kept those acquisitions focused on targets that operate at the network level. Experts say today's move could indicate that the company is shifting its considerable weight toward a broader role in the security industry, just as software giant Microsoft has done.
How To Forget About Spam Once And For All Posted By : Karl S.Smith -
You will laugh next time you see an unknown email message in your Inbox. This knowledge will help you understand more what spammers and phishers look like. First suggestion to decrease spam The best way to decrease or totally eliminate spam from your Inbox is to use a Gmail account. I tested a lot of accounts, such as yahoo mail, msn hotmail, adpost, Outlook express and mailup. I noticed that Gmail is very good to filter spam, and even though I receive spam all of it. .
Spam flooding e-mail inboxes
Doomsday predictions that 2007 will be the year that unwanted e-mail -- or spam -- flood inboxes at unheard of rates are coming true. Probably 80 percent of the e-mail that makes its way to Downtown consulting firm McCrory & McDowell is caught in a spam filter, says Laurie Pemrick, who manages the firm's computer systems. .
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